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 * Copyright 2012 Amit Portnoy
 * 
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package graphpack.taskprocessing;

import graphpack.INode;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * an executable task
 * @author amitport
 */
public interface ITask {
	/**
	 * subclasses should implement this function to with the task activities
	 * @param node the node that is associated with this task
	 * @param ExtendedNodeMap optional extended versions of the node
	 * @param params optional parameters sent to this task
	 */
	void execute(INode node, Map<String,Object> ExtendedNodeMap, Object... params);
}
